Back to category: Music Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Oliver Messiaen: Technique of Musical Language In 1967, when Olivier Messiaen agreed to collaborate on a book of conversations, the composer of the evocative and grandly scaled Turangalila-symphonie was already considered one of the masters of twentieth-century music. Yet outside professional circles and a small but enthusiastic public, his works remained little known; he was perhaps most famous as the influential teacher of avant-garde composers Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Iannis Xenakis. Nearly three decades later, the distinctive musical works of Messiaen have achieved the status of contemporary classics. In the i... Posted by: Rainey Day Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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